Our Mission

The Polar Center fosters creative, ground-breaking, and synergistic collaboration by catalyzing exchange among members with a unique breadth of expertise at Penn State, representing the life-, physical-, and social sciences. The Center provides a unique platform for powerfully forward-thinking scientific exchange with other national and international institutions through workshops and conferences focusing on polar science, and with the local community through public events and lectures communicating the unique beauty and scientific and cultural value of these regions.

Steering Committee

Eric Post, Ph.D.Director of the Polar CenterProfessor of Biology
Department of Biology, University Park
esp10@psu.edu